Hungary overcome Austria in their Euro return

Austria started brilliantly as they quickly put Hungary under heavy pressure. After just 1 minute, Alaba was close to score the fastest ever goal in Euro Championships history, but was denied by the post.

Alaba was close again on the 10th minute when after receiving from Arnuatovic, he fired a first time shot that ended up in Kiraly’s hand, the oldest goalkeeper that has ever played in the European Championships.

Austria kept on showing their superiority in the attacking field on the 36th minute when Januzic shot towards the right hand corner which produced an excellent save from the veteran Hungarian goalkeeper. With half time approaching, Austria lost another golden opportunity on the 41st minute after Januzovic managed to beat Fiola before sending a low pass towards Harnik who mishits his shot and sends it out for a goal kick.

Two minutes later, Hungary had their only opportunity on goal when Kleinheisler managed to beat Baumgartlinger in the middle of the pitch and charged forward before sending a lovely through-ball into the path of Dzsudzsák. However, the Hungarian player’s right foot shot ended up missing its intended target.

During the second half, Hungary made considerable improvement and managed to test Almer after 55 minutes when Dzsudskak fizzed a drive at goal forcing the Austrian goalkeeper to tip the ball behind for a corner.

Hungary took the lead on the 62nd minute when Szalaia went through on goal and the striker squeezed his finish underneath the goalkeeper and into the back of the net.

When they thought that they had found an equaliser, Austria suffered a huge setback after ending up with 10 men when Dragovic picked his second yellow card.

Knowing that they had an extra man, Hungary tried to put the game to bed and were close on the 74th minute when Nemer fired a shot at goal which was tipped by Almer.

With Austria putting more bodies forward, Hungary were finding more space and succeeded to seal the 3 points on the 89th minute when Stieber steamed through on goal and finished behind Almer.

Following this result, Hungary managed to top group F with Portugal and Iceland playing later on this evening.

Austria (4-2-3-1): Almer; Klein, Dragovic, Hinteregger, Fuchs; Baumgartliner, Alaba; Harnik, Junozovic, Arnautovic; Janko.
Hungary (4-1-4-1): Kiraly; Fiola, Guzmics, Lang, Kadar; Gera; Nemeth, Nagy, Kleinheisler, Dzsudzsak; Szalai.
Yellow cards: Dragovic (Austria), Dragovic (Austria), Nemeth (Hungary).
Red card: Dragovic (Austria)